What the records say
- When
- 1886
- Kind
- Territorial change
- Where
- Aden
- Coordinates
- 12.80° N, 45.03° E
- Process
- cession
- Type
- Cession (part yielded to other entity)
- Area km2
- 160000
- Gaining
- United Kingdom
- Cow number
- 292
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
Aden
Temporary capital of Yemen
Aden is an ancient port city in the southern part of the Arabian peninsula, on the north coast of the Gulf of Aden, positioned near the eastern approach to the Red Sea, and has been the de facto capital of the internationally recognized government of Yemen since 2014. It is approximately 170 km (110 mi) east of the Strait of Bab al-Mandab.
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The source
- COW Territorial Change v6Correlates of War ProjectCorrelates of War: free use with citation